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That looks like mostly rain and the ground looks warm enough that nothing will stick.
Looks like rain? Sounds like you rarely see snow. Definitely snow falling. And yeah, not sure if anything stuck after that video. Would go down as a "Trace" if anything.
Check out the airport. Wet frozen flakes sticking to windshield. I bet there were some grassy areas that stuck too. Probably nothing accumulated though. "Trace"
What was the snow level? I think the first batch of foothills is up to 1,500 ft and that is lush green (brown in summer). The upper foothills looked to have a light dusting, I'm thinking that's around 2,000 ft. Mt. Diablo is 3,500' if I'm not mistaken but some peaks go up to 5,000. It's not uncommon for the peaks around the mountains to have snow but it's extremely rare to have valley snow and it won't be sticking.
I live at around 1,200 ft (in the Santa Cruz mountains), and it snowed pretty heavily at my house! It was more of an icy/slushy kind of snow, but did stick around through the morning - and left maybe half an inch on my deck railings. Pretty neat, since I haven't had snow at my home since leaving Lake Tahoe in the late '90s.
My deck early this morning, maybe halfway through the total snowfall:
Snow-capped mountains visible from Los Gatos:
And two photos (not taken by me) from the hwy 17 morning commute:
Btw, you know you live in (coastal) California when news crews show up for this amount of snow... see the light dusting on the side of the highway? In a similar spot on hwy 17 there were families playing, and 2-3 news vans filming the scene. My northeastern relatives would laugh at that! But to be fair, they would do the same over a 3.0 earthquake (which we'd barely even notice). So it's all subjective.
I live at around 1,200 ft (in the Santa Cruz mountains), and it snowed pretty heavily at my house! It was more of an icy/slushy kind of snow, but did stick around through the morning - and left maybe half an inch on my deck railings. Pretty neat, since I haven't had snow at my home since leaving Lake Tahoe in the late '90s.
My deck early this morning, maybe halfway through the total snowfall:
Snow-capped mountains visible from Los Gatos:
And two photos (not taken by me) from the hwy 17 morning commute:
Hwy 17 is at 1800 feet at the pass. Your photos of the valley floor indicate nothing there. If it was 1200 feet at your house and Twin Peaks saw some at 925'. There was very slushy wet snow at SFO but nothing stuck. Your photo is proof that 1200' some snow "stuck" at least on a deck although I would've liked to see the grass and pavement. That photo at 1800 feet shows snow sticking to the ground so I think the snow level was 1800' where it stuck. Very historical for the Bay Area.
Looks like rain? Sounds like you rarely see snow. Definitely snow falling. And yeah, not sure if anything stuck after that video. Would go down as a "Trace" if anything.
Check out the airport. Wet frozen flakes sticking to windshield. I bet there were some grassy areas that stuck too. Probably nothing accumulated though. "Trace"
Yeah I consider that sleet and the other video was mostly rain. Surprised a northerner like you would consider this wet messy wintry mix "snow".
Last year Sacramento got what looked to be snow but it actually was hail. This is a "wintry mix" although Sac-towns hail was an impressive feat.
My question was at what elevation did they get snow that stuck? I know that Twin Peaks 925' got some but I didn't see any evidence it "stuck". Based on previous postings 1200' looked to be the elevation where snow would stick to a non-insulated surface (deck) and 1800' was where it would stick to the ground.
Reminds me of 1960 plus or minus 1 year. We lived on the border of Saratoga. I got up to use the bathroom and found we had 2 inches of snow and got our 4 young children to see it (5 am). They started calling friends and found angry parents till they found out about the snow and soon little kids were playing in the snow with lights on to light it up. By 7 it was all melted. We invited all the kids to our hose for hot chocolate and one parent went to a doughnut that opened at 6 am, and bought a flat of them. The whole neighborhood talked about it for weeks. Some good friendships started that day.
Around noon we took our kids up in Santa Cruz mountains to play in about 2 feet of snow.
I will be more impressed if we see subfreezing highs and accumulating snow at sea level in SF. Imagine walking through Golden Gate park in the snow
It should not happen like 1976, but I wish I was wrong.
By forecast Seattle should receive a good amount.
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Definitely snow falling. And yeah, not sure if anything stuck after that video. Would go down as a "Trace" if anything. 
